GENEVA, Switzerland, February 2, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed concern about possible use of excessive force by the authorities in the Senegalese capital Dakar, and in other towns, and warned that the country’s strong tradition of peaceful, democratic elections could be jeopardized if [...]

NEW YORK, February 2, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is concerned about the upsurge of tensions in Senegal ahead of the presidential election scheduled for 26 February 2012. The Secretary-General urges all political parties and national stakeholders to refrain [...]

LONDON, United-Kingdom, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade must rein in security forces, Amnesty International urged today after a third person was killed and dozens injured by police during two days of demonstrations across the country. At least one man was killed yesterday when a police car ploughed into a [...]

DARIEN, Conn., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Friends of Animals recently celebrated a victory for scimitar-horned oryx, addax, and dama gazelles who are routinely bred and killed on hunting ranches here in the United States. These animals, on the brink of extinction in their native homelands in northern Africa, have been the targets of paying [...]

African Press Release Wire: The African Press Organization signs a distribution agreement with DowJones Factiva DAKAR, Sénégal, January 17, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Press Organization (APO), the leading African press release wire, announced today an alliance with Dow Jones Factiva (http://www.factiva.com), the world’s leading news and business information research tool. Logo: http://www.apo-opa.org/LogoHD.JPG [...]

DAKAR, Sénégal, January 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ – TrustAfrica (http://www.trustafrica.org) is the proud recipient of a $1.5 million grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support a project entitled “The Learning Innovation Fund.” The project will provide small grants and technical assistance to local organizations in four countries to improve literacy and [...]

  Sénégal : Lettre d’intention, Mémorandum de politique économique et financière, et Protocole d’accord technique; Le 2 décembre 2011 IMF.org

DAKAR, Sénégal, December 19, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second review under the three-year Policy Support Instrument (PSI) for Senegal.(1) The Board’s decision was taken on a lapse of time basis.(2) Senegal’s economy has remained resilient to the global economic turmoil. Growth is [...]

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